One of my great uncles, a gay man, had a partner who was diabetic who would consume large amounts of bacon at breakfast. Most commercial bacons have a large amount of sugar and I always wondered whether this was a good idea for him to be doing. This man was obese all of his life but he lived until age 70. He died suddenly of a heart attack. I think that diabetics not taking care of themselves eventually have the weight, the strain on the heart and the high blood pressure catch up with them and they succumb to heart attacks and strokes as they get older.
If you watch the movie “Supersize Me”, it essentially crystallizes the reasons for the epidemic of obesity. I believe that since the release of this film in around 2004 or so, things have started to change although we are not noticing the results just yet. While Bloomberg was Mayor of New York City, he pushed through a law requiring chain restaurants to post calorie counts of all the food they are serving. I always found this to be deeply amusing and I must admit going to a Haagen Das in NYC and ordering 3 scoops of ice cream and assiduously ignoring the calorie count for that item. I was afraid to look. However since those days I have reduced my carb and sugar intake dramatically.
As you get older it becomes harder to control weight unless you are disciplined with your diet. And to do what all of us do- pay for sex and women- and maintain consistency in our erections and our erectile function, we all have to be mindful of these duties to keep the penis in good working order. It needs to be serviced and maintained just like a car engine.
